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Description: | A flat piece of pear-shaped lead. Length 28.5mm, maximum width 19.5mm and 2mm thick. Weight 7.41g. On one side of the lead is an impression made with the obverse die for a Newport, Isle of Wight, copper farthing token. The legend reads:
NEW/PORT IN/THE ISLE/OF WIGHT/1664 in five lines, one above the other. Part of a beaded circle can be seen beneath the legend. The other side of the piece of lead is plain. The reverse side of a token with the above legend would bear a sailing ship in full sail. Small patches of lead oxide on both faces. Inscription: NEW/PORT IN/THE ISLE/OF WIGHT/1664 | Subjects: | Test strike | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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